Andres Argentine Tango
About
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Andres Amarilla began dancing tango in 1987 at age 11. While still a child, he studied with and performed in the dance companies of three of the greatest tangueros of all time: Gustavo Naveira, Juan Carlos Copes, and Rodolfo Dinzel. After 10 years of intensive immersion in the music, culture and movement of traditional Argentine Tango, Andres became part of a small group of young people seeking to push the limits of the traditional art form. Together, they anaylzed and codified the movements, sequences and rules of traditional tango and began to play with the “grammar” of the tango language, thereby developing uncounted new sequences of movements, and giving birth to a new means of teaching, dancing and thinking about tango. This way of analyzing tango has become the basis of most good tango pedagogy in the world today.
Andres’s dance is characterized by the rich variety of material that he accesses in improvisation due both to an extraordinarily efficient lead and to an extreme precision of movement. Years of close analysis of the dance have yielded a working vocabulary of tango steps that is perhaps unmatched in the tango world. Rather than seeking simple technical brilliance, Andres puts all of this technique and vocabulary to use to create a dance that possesses musical richness, responding to the subtleties of each orchestra with great understanding and feeling.
A greatly sought-after teacher, Andres has taught in more than 70 cities worldwide, including Istanbul, Beirut, Warsaw, Gdansk, Moscow, Sydney, Brisbane, Belo Horizonte, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Vancouver, Montreal, and New York, among many others. In 2008, Andres and his dance partner, Meredith Klein, founded thePhiladelphia Argentine Tango School. These days, Andres is based in NYC as he continues to travel worldwide to teach & perform.
Contact:
https://www.facebook.com/andresamarillaf
https://www.facebook.com/Andres-Amarilla-952842991456797/
Highlights
No reviews (yet)
Frequently asked questions
What is your typical process for working with a new student?
I do a quick assessment of the student skills. Even thou every person has different backgrounds and abilities. I work with a system that I been perfecting for the last 20 years. So base on that route I adapt to the student.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Ballet and contemporary dance, brazilian forro and zouk. I also have a technical background as a programmer and industrial designer that comes handy for such a technical dance like argentine tango.
Do you have a standard pricing system for your lessons? If so, please share the details here.
100$ single lesson
360$ four lessons
640$ eight lessons
How did you get started teaching?
In Argentina. I was a profesional stage dancer before I started teaching in 1997. Teaching was a natural extension of my carrer.
What types of students have you worked with?
I've worked with all ages, social classes, skill levels, sex orientations and nationalities. It has always been an amazing and enriching experience. Argentine tango is very inclusive and you can dance it until your 80’s or even more.
What advice would you give a student looking to hire a teacher in your area of expertise?
Try all teachers. You don't want to have the doubt or let other people tell you how it is. Even bad experiences or a bit of waisted time are part of the process if you get lucky you start with me :)
I was immensely lucky with my instructors but once in a while I used to sick for other visions and opinions.
What questions should students think through before talking to teachers about their needs?
None. Come, learn, have fun.